Lunar Sea Spire podcast episode 21: Laser Light Cannon

  • May 25, 2015

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PodcastTitleGC13 and Hunter discuss the second episode of the series: Laser Light Cannon and discover an interesting fact: the second and second-to-last episodes of the season both involve Steven riding onto the beach to save the Crystal Gems. Is this a coincidence, or are the sneople at it again?

Has the question of why the homeworld sent a Red Eye, a seemingly antiquated piece of technology finally been answered? It might actually be an updated version of an old design, one far bigger. Of course we still have no ideas on how it might have been meant to report back to the homeworld, however. Give us time, and maybe we’ll come up with something.

The fantastic music of the series also comes up, as do the wonderful fan comics of the Crystal Gems raising baby Steven. We love you guys.

So how much do you like Greg? He may not be a perfect porkchop, but as a hot dog he sure seems to be doing a great job.

Steven Universe air times for May 25-31, 2015

  • May 24, 2015

All times are EDT.

Tuesday:
3:00 PM: Watermelon Steven and Garnet’s Universe
3:30 PM: Warp Tour and The Test

Wednesday:
3:00 PM: Future Vision and On the Run
3:30 PM: Maximum Capacity and Horror Club

Thursday:
3:00 PM: Shirt Club and Marble Madness
3:30 PM: Story for Steven and The Message

Saturday:
11:00 AM: Rose’s Scabbard
11:15 AM: Steven the Sword Fighter
11:30 AM: Marble Madness
11:45 AM: So Many Birthdays

Sunday:
11:00 AM: Winter Forecast
11:15 AM: Lars and the Cool Kids
11:30 AM: Maximum Capacity
11:45 AM: Coach Steven
6:00 PM: Warp Tour
6:15 PM: Marble Madness
6:30 PM: The Message
6:45 PM: Political Power
7:00 PM: The Return
7:15 PM: Jailbreak
7:30 PM: Full Disclosure
7:45 PM: Joy Ride

The upcoming Guide to the Crystal Gems

  • May 22, 2015

pearlthebraveWe’re sure you’re all eagerly awaiting the end of the hiatus. While we don’t have any news about that (though we’re still figuring it will probably be similar to last summer’s hiatus which ended in August), we do have some interesting information about the upcoming Guide to the Crystal Gems thanks to an interview Ms. Sugar did with io9 last week.

Since the guide book covers the show’s lore we are, of course, eagerly awaiting its release on Amazon. It’s the kind of lore that Ms. Sugar is teasing about in the interview, about Gems and Gem society, that we’re really interested in:

There’s a lot going on on the Gem Homeworld that he doesn’t know about at all, and a lot of rules that exist there that the Gems we know don’t follow!

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Steven’s going to learn a lot more soon on the show, about what each of the Crystal Gems are supposed to be… it’s very different than the way they’ve been living on Earth. It is very unusual for Gems like Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl to be living and working together the way they do, almost as unusual as it is for Steven to exist!

That’s some Big Deal stuff right there. Just the possibilities for how this information could be relayed to Steven are exciting, let alone actually learning it for ourselves.

The book will be released in early October, so assuming that the hiatus does end in August (and again, while it did last year after starting in May, that’s just an assumption), that means that we’re going to get a big lore bomb dropped on us pretty quickly after the hiatus—we rather doubt that Cartoon Network would plan their schedule so that this information would be revealed in a peripheral.

So brace yourselves: when the hiatus ends, the wait will have been so worth it.

Opal by Alioxinfri

  • May 20, 2015

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The Steven Universe fandom needs more Opal in its life (doctor’s orders), and Alioxinfri has what we need. Make sure to check out the full-sized version on DeviantArt!

Lunar Sea Spire podcast episode 20: Gem Glow

  • May 18, 2015

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PodcastTitleKen and GC13 stave off the hiatus blues by discussing the first episode of the series: Gem Glow.

As the first episode in the series, Gem Glow carries the burden of being entertaining while still introducing viewers to the key concepts, and we think it manages that task quite well.

Steven loves Cookie Cats. Do you want to try one? There are some recipes floating around the Internet for how to make everyone’s favorite fictional ice cream sandwich. If you’ve tried one, let us know how it was and we might try some once good ice cream returns to the world.

Steven Universe air times for May 18-24, 2015

  • May 17, 2015

Another bad week for re-runs. Next week doesn’t look like it will have any Steven Universe during the week either, but it should have two hours on Sunday evening as well.

All times are EDT.

Saturday:
11:00 AM: The Message
11:15 AM: Arcade Mania
11:30 AM: Story for Steven
11:45 AM: Giant Woman

Sunday:
11:00 AM: Shirt Club
11:15 AM: Tiger Millionaire
11:30 AM: Open Book
11:45 AM: Steven’s Lion

Assigned Viewing: Giant Woman

  • May 14, 2015

StevenTVIt’s time for another Big Deal episode to discuss. This time we’re here talking about Giant Woman, probably a big contender for Top 5 lists for Steven Universe, and definitely one of the defining episodes of the series.

Gem fusion was a big thing. Who here remembers when they saw Opal for the first time? It’s probably pretty hard to forget. She was such a wonderful introduction to the concept of fusion, it was just… Wow. Steven’s awe-struck face probably looked like a lot of ours.

Of course right after Giant Woman aired people noticed some things: Garnet had lit up two separate gems on the temple door in Together Breakfast, and she was also the strongest member of the group. Even then the Garnet Fusion Theory was off to a good start.

We also got to see an interesting gem locale: the Sky Spire. Looking a lot like a nature trail, it was clearly built up to lead to the Heaven Beetle (or the Geode Beetle of Heaven).

At first we thought that the nature trail was made by Gems, but if, as Mr. Burnett says, the Heaven Beetle is a corrupted Gem, that means that humans probably made the trail. We’ve also, as of Rose’s Scabbard seen another place on Earth with floating chunks of rock just like at the Sky Spire: at the Strawberry Battlefield.

So what do you all make of these two interesting things, the hints of Garnet’s status as a fusion and the Sky Spire? When did you first hear the fan theories about Garnet, and when did you come to accept them? And what do you think the deal is with the Sky Spire? Discuss it all in the comments.

Lunar Sea Spire podcast episode 19: Attack the Light

  • May 11, 2015

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PodcastTitleGC13, Dakota, and Ken discuss the mobile game for Steven Universe, Attack the Light.

It’s a fun dungeon crawl RPG with excellent blurbs from all of the characters. What more could you want for $3? Each character has their specific uses in battle, and if you really want to win a fight you can fuse the Crystal Gems into Alexandrite and smack everyone down.

Of course Dakota also has to come out with some vigorous support of Amethyst after not being around to defend her during last week’s podcast.

Oh, and one more thing: The Game.

Steven Universe air times for May 11-17, 2015

  • May 10, 2015

Look on the bright side: at least it’s not a total re-run blackout.

All times are EDT.

Saturday:
11:00 AM: Full Disclosure
11:15 AM: Cat Fingers
11:30 AM: Jailbreak
11:45 AM: Bubble Buddies

Sunday:
11:00 AM: The Return
11:15 AM: Serious Steven
11:30 AM: Political Power
11:45 AM: Frybo

Steven Universe on hiatus, to return some time this summer

  • May 7, 2015

The Crewniverse has finally spoken out about the hiatus. Nobody knows exactly when the hiatus will end; last summer’s hiatus lasted from early May to late August, but we can always hope that this year’s hiatus will be shorter. With an estimated time of “later this summer” for the return of the show, we can certainly hope that Steven Universe will be back sooner rather than later.